Functional hemispheric asymmetries during the planning and manual control of virtual avatar movements.

ABSTRACT: Both hemispheres contribute to motor control beyond the innervation of the contralateral alpha motoneurons. The left hemisphere has been associated with higher-order aspects of motor control like sequencing and temporal processing, the right hemisphere with the transformation of visual information to guide movements in space. In the visuomotor context, empirical evidence regarding the latter has been limited though the right hemisphere's specialization for visuospatial processing is well-documented in perceptual tasks. This study operationalized temporal and spatial processing demands during visuomotor processing and investigated hemispheric asymmetries in neural activation during the unimanual control of a visual cursor by grip force. Functional asymmetries were investigated separately fo

SUBMITTER: Floegel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5619738 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature